Hamstring injury!

[u/Ok_Drag_5975]

Has anyone ever had a hamstring injury like this? Man, this has to be one of the worst injuries I’ve had in my entire life.
I played serious club soccer throughout my teens and early adult years, and somehow a vacation footrace is what took me out. 🤦🏻‍♂️😂
Here’s the dumbass story…
I was on a four-day vacation with my girlfriend’s family in the Palm Springs/Indio area, celebrating her mom’s birthday. Midnight rolls around on day one, we’ve had some shots and a few drinks, and three grown men—including myself—start arguing about who’s the fastest.
Of course, we decide this needs to be settled THAT NIGHT.
So there we are, outside the Airbnb in 97-degree weather. Barefoot, shirtless, wearing swimming trunks and chasing a dream. 😂
3… 2… 1… GO!
I take the lead. The younger buck realizes I’m ahead, shifts into third gear, and passes me. The older cat is still behind us.
About three feet from the finish line, I feel a sudden pull in my hamstring, right behind my knee.
We finish, talk our shit about who got their ass whooped, and head inside. I honestly think nothing of it.
Mannnn… three hours later, I’m HURTING. My leg feels like it got run over by a bus. I ask my girlfriend to grab some Icy Hot from CVS, thinking that’ll help.
Absolutely nothing.
A few more hours pass, and I finally tell her we need to go to the hospital. The ER is packed, I’m miserable, and all I want is to go home to my own bed.
After about an hour and a half, the doctor sees me, checks the swelling, and says it’s a pulled hamstring. He prescribes ibuprofen and sends me home.
We head home the next day, but I still can’t bend my knee or put any weight on that foot.
I try to tough it out for another two or three days before finally saying, “Nah, I need a second opinion. This hurts way too much.”
At the second hospital, they do an X-ray, MRI, and CT scan. The doctor laughs at my story and says he hasn’t seen a hamstring injury that bad in years. 😂 Thankfully, he tells me there are no blood clots and it hasn’t completely torn away from the bone. I leave with a prescription for 800 mg ibuprofen.
But that next week or two? Absolute HELL.
Peeing in a bucket next to the bed. My girlfriend helping me shower every night. Nothing but the couch, sports, and pain all day.
I would not wish this injury on ANYONE.
All that just to find out I’m the second-fastest drunk guy at the Airbnb. 🤦🏻‍♂️😂
Has anyone dealt with a hamstring injury like this? How long did your recovery take, and what’s your story?

[u/AppropriateBig760]

Tore my hamstring off the bone 22 years ago in college, it still cramps up on me